I would say, 'yes.' On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Amogh Vasekar <amogh.vase...@citrix.com> wrote:
> Question - What happens to the already existing VMs with entries in the > DB? Do we keep it NULL? > > Amogh > > On 11/15/14 8:41 AM, "Mike Tutkowski" <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > >Any idea on how many tables would be impacted by a decision for us to add > >the user ID directly into the tables (as opposed to relying on events)? > > > >Since we already have a domain_id and an account_id in certain tables, it > >might be better from a consistency standpoint to just add user_id to those > >tables, as well (I know it is a bit de-normalized that way, but we already > >have that situation with having both domain_id and account_id in these > >tables). > > > >On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 3:28 AM, Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > <javascript:;>> > >wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >> > On 15-Nov-2014, at 2:27 pm, Rajani Karuturi <raj...@apache.org > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > > >> > I agree with Nitin. It will be cleaner to use the events table. Since > >> > cloudstack is concerned only about account, it makes sense to have > >>only > >> > that information which is the owner field(and remove account_id, > >> > domain_id). > >> > I think, there is no auto purging or archival of events. Its the > >>operator > >> > who decides to delete the events. He can decide what he wants to > >> > retain/delete. > >> > >> I don¹t think it¹s a pragmatic solution, let me explain ‹ In the past > >>few > >> months, apart from ACS development I¹ve been heavily involved in working > >> and supporting large production grade clouds and my ops experience is > >>that > >> there are usually couple of sysadmins (usually working in shifts) and we > >> cannot really rely on the assumption that events are only cleared by one > >> operator or that there is culture of knowledge sharing of all the > >>actions. > >> If one of the sysadmins (during their shift) removes some events, others > >> won¹t know. The events feature is perhaps good for event-driven > >>consumption > >> such as via AMQP/RabbitMQ and automated monitoring systems but perhaps > >>not > >> best suited for humans all the time (yet). > >> > >> The other use case is of a large org who are consumer of a (rented) > >> CloudStack cloud among other tenants, the whole team of an org shares > >>the > >> account but has various users in it. For them it can be useful to list > >>vms > >> and other resources by userid within their account. Since, they may not > >>be > >> admin (renting cloud?) the pragmatic solution would be to have such > >> metadata somewhere easily slice-able and dice-able using APIs. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Rohit Yadav > >> Software Architect, ShapeBlue > >> M. +91 88 262 30892 | rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com <javascript:;> > >> Blog: bhaisaab.org | Twitter: @_bhaisaab > >> > >> Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related > >>services > >> > >> IaaS Cloud Design & Build< > >> http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//> > >> CSForge rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/ > > > >> CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/> > >> CloudStack Software Engineering< > >> http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-software-engineering/> > >> CloudStack Infrastructure Support< > >> http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> > >> CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses< > >> http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> > >> > >> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are > >>intended > >> solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views > >>or > >> opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > >> represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not > >>the > >> intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based > >> upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the > >>sender > >> if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is > >>a > >> company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP > >>is a > >> company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape > >>Blue > >> Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in > >>Brasil > >> and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue SA Pty Ltd > >>is > >> a company registered by The Republic of South Africa and is traded under > >> license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark. > >> > > > > > > > >-- > >*Mike Tutkowski* > >*Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > >e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com <javascript:;> > >o: 303.746.7302 > >Advancing the way the world uses the cloud > ><http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>* * > > -- *Mike Tutkowski* *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com o: 303.746.7302 Advancing the way the world uses the cloud <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™*